I had to reset my laptop for personal reasons. I think my laptop was on windows 10 when I reset it, and I was forced to set security questions so I picked the 3 questions and typed in random answers because I plan to remove/delete them after the setup. However I forgot to do that and updated my laptop to windows 11 home. When I go to settings > accounts > sign-in options > password I dont see the option to remove/delete the security questions. Instead it says "You're all set up" with a "Change" button beside it. I pressed on the change button and after tying my current password I was led to a page that only showed "New password" "Confirm password" and "Password hint". In other words it only lets me change my password and set a hint (take note hint is different from security questions) and I really want to delete/remove them. Do you know why this is happening and what I should do?
Additional info: I'm using a local account after resetting my laptop, and I'm not signed into microsoft
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It's not that I DON'T want to fill it out. It's I CAN'T fill it out because I have no idea what's it's asking. Especially on the privacy window shown above. I can't read it. As you can see, it's hiding what it's asking or what it wants. It will not continue until you "tab through all options" of which there are none other than "learn more" and "next".
I did manage to figure it out. If you hold the ENTER key down for TEN MINUTES, it will eventually skip and move on to the next thing. An additional benefit is that you don't have to log in with a Microsoft account. It only gives the option of "I don't have internet", also seen above. When clicking on that, the update finishes. From there an additional windows update restored the screen to its normal size.
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If I understand your question correctly, your question should be that when you re-download Windows 11, there will be a problem that requires you to fill in the security information, but you don't want to fill it out, so you cannot continue the installation.
As far as I know, this is a step that you must perform before installing Windows 11. It is by design. And this step will only occur once, and you will not be required to fill in again afterwards. When you fill in the information, you can proceed with the installation normally.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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I was looking for the same as OP. I found the answer here (and it worked):
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-manage-your-security-questions-for-a-local-windows-account/
The relevant info is:
Hold down the Windows key and press R to trigger the Run dialog box. In the Open field, type the following string: ms-cxh://setsqsalocalonly.
Hi @Tariq ELJumaily ,
You can follow along the guide over here: How to Reset Passwords in Windows 11
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